Originally Posted by Wren
I disagree. The extracurricular war in American is minor compared to the schedule of many Chinese students.
And they hire consultants to get their kids in top global schools and plan around the strategy early.
Really? I thought university admission in China was all about the Gaokao. Evidently I'm not alone in that belief:

http://chineseculture.about.com/od/historyofchina/fl/The-Gaokao.htm

Wikipedia is confused and controversial, but there's no suggestion that extra-curriculars matter at all, let alone to the same extent they do in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Higher_Education_Entrance_Examination

Where's your information from?

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